The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-01

MIcHIsAs CIrr. June cath. !

MICHIGAN CrIr. June 24th. 1887.
Hon. Jas. B Ppsten. the eficient Ward
en- Of the State Prison South. and Bev.
w. P. Bsrnhiil. Chapiais; DR.. ". s.
Wolfe, Physician; Geo. w. Denbo and
C. Dosne. Directors. arrived here yester-
day evening II 80 O'Clock, on : visit
Of discovesy and inquiry 10 the States
penal institution for the Northern half OF
Indisna- We came via the splendid L.
N A. 3 Z. Ry-. nov called .Monon
route leaving New Albany q 90 o.
clock yesterday morning. and making
the run Of 300 miles in nine hours and .
half including about % stops and rest
OF Is minutes st Crsw fosdsville for din
oer. The smooth rosd-bed, although
considerably scientifically curved. in
the Sosthern portion ofthe State, makes
the ride q this fast time Of nearly -
'miles - hour, texclusive Of stops.) pos
sible - we'll - = pleasure The sane
speed On the L. T. 4 ST. L. would enable
the citiEens Of jasper and Evansville 20
exchange courtesies 10 about IN hour
and half Will il ever be done?
We End the Northern Prison, under
the genial supervision Of Warden Jas.
Murdoch, . verv handsome - we'll as
|e6iciently managed big workshop, pre-
lsenting strong contrast in appearance
and conveniences to the dingy-waIIed
'Jeifersonville Prison. This IL probably
owing great deal to the difference in
management heretofore Of the two insli-
|tutions, q under Warden Nurdock's su-
'pervision. this Prison more than paid
expenses last year, while the Jtff Prison
took several thousand dollars from the
State treasury over its receipts, By the
lack Of management in the came period.
We have strong hopes, however, that in
ID few months Of Warden Patten's intel
ligent foresight the contrast will not be
80 gisring. While walking over the
spacious, weil-kept grounds here, il
gave rise 70 the wish that the Southern
Prison might Be ss well fired, aud We
Zee no reason Why the State Of Indiana
should not treat IL as literally as the
Northern one, IL the management. shows
that IL can Be made self-sustainiBg after
necessary improvements are made, and
lJeIersenvilIe 10, With lis superior facili-
ties for transportation, probably the beet
|plsce in the State for such IN institution.
In the Northern Prison the Amazon
Hosiery Co. carry on the largest manu-
factory Of wooIen hosiery and mittens
Iin the United States. They employ sev-
lersl bundred Ueu and the latest i'm
'proved machinery. and turn out excel
lient work. Cane sese chair making. ia
iall iIs varieties, BOOK and shoe making
and coopering are also largely carried
lon. and give employment 70 al the men
lin the prisoB- Everything about the
.prison j. ciesnly. and conducted upon
'corrcct sanitary priDcipIea The guards
ERE sii handsomely uniformed 10 dark
blue cloth and gilt buttons
Michigan city u quite . thriving and
busy place. situated upon the only Lake
hsrbor Of Indiana. and immense stocks
OF pine lumber line the shores OF the
harbor and inlet for over . mile A
. visitor from Southern IndiaDa, 10 the
immense sand hills, piled UP adjscent to
the Like over loo feet high, BY the con-
slant Northwest wiads which make
the Lake shore : comfortable place in
the Summer months, while more inland
towns are sweltering. The sand has en-
croached on the town on the North side.
- that il il Up 10 the roofs Of the back
kitchens Of come houses . good distance
from the Lake shore. We climbed on
on top Of one Of these hills, and secured
: splendid view Of Lake Michigan.
stretching away in green waters further
than the eye cas reach, and enabling 81
pesson 10 see the chores Of Michigan.
near ST. Joseph and OF Illinois near Chi
gettisg : glimpse Of three
Ss.s~a = v~.e hrA. - -ssn~ su1 unz-I
besless small sailing and stesmiug crsft,
laden with lumber q the same time
Coming up from the Southern part oil
the State all the way In daylight, the
change In the maturity Of vegetation
wss very perceptible- While wheat
harvest was q its height In Floyd
and Washington counties, Il has
not begpn here yet and while thel
season e ended ten days ago |
In 6oulhern Indiana, is 10 just In itsl
prime here Yea we noticed many
farmers cutting grass 10 the kaukakeeI
sws0ps, and ID IL said 10 yield two and
; half tons per acre, but Dubois county
farmers would not deem the variety
very valuable
We found . decided sentiment along
the road fsvoring ClevelaDd's nomina- |
tioo By the Democrsts next year amongI
certain politicians, but Democratic sol
diers generally expressed themselves o
decidedly opposed 70 him. and IL isI
II be could carry many Of their
votes, should he be re-nominsted.
We leave here 10 the morning for
Joliet, Ills, whcre a Iilisois State Pris-I
on u situated, after seeing which wei
will likely spesd Sunday II Chicago.
G. ID.